Data Protection Contracts in the West Midlands

Data Protection
England > West Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the West Midlands requiring Data Protection skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Data Protection over the 6 months leading up to 17 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 64 66 54
Rank change year-on-year +2 -12 +17
Contract jobs citing Data Protection 37 42 88
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the West Midlands 2.64% 2.22% 3.89%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.98% 2.65% 4.40%
Number of daily rates quoted 21 31 52
10th Percentile £428 £200 £288
25th Percentile £494 £315 £359
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £425 £475
Median % change year-on-year +23.53% -10.53% -
75th Percentile £550 £550 £627
90th Percentile £575 £625 £650
England median daily rate £500 £512 £525
% change year-on-year -2.34% -2.48% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 2
10th Percentile - - £15.93
25th Percentile - - £21.81
Median hourly rate £31.76 - £32.25
75th Percentile - - £43.31
90th Percentile - - £49.58
England median hourly rate £29.62 £21.00 £48.52
% change year-on-year +41.02% -56.71% +115.62%

All Process and Methodology Skills
West Midlands

Data Protection falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in the West Midlands.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,242 1,585 1,999
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands 88.71% 83.86% 88.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 809 1,055 1,366
10th Percentile £193 £275 £263
25th Percentile £375 £363 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £513
Median % change year-on-year - -2.44% +4.06%
75th Percentile £588 £625 £600
90th Percentile £662 £750 £700
England median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% +1.85%
Number of hourly rates quoted 59 114 51
10th Percentile £12.62 £11.08 £12.50
25th Percentile £13.78 £14.03 £13.51
Median hourly rate £18.13 £22.50 £20.71
Median % change year-on-year -19.42% +8.67% +22.42%
75th Percentile £24.61 £40.38 £28.75
90th Percentile £50.00 £58.00 £47.50
England median hourly rate £28.75 £36.50 £36.00
% change year-on-year -21.23% +1.39% +44.00%

Data Protection
Job Vacancy Trend in the West Midlands

Job postings citing Data Protection as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands.

Job vacancy trend for Data Protection in the West Midlands

Data Protection
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the West Midlands

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Data Protection in the West Midlands.

Daily rate trend for Data Protection in the West Midlands

Data Protection
Daily Rate Histogram in the West Midlands

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Data Protection in the West Midlands over the 6 months to 17 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Data Protection in the West Midlands

Data Protection
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the West Midlands

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Data Protection in the West Midlands.

Hourly rate trend for Data Protection in the West Midlands

Data Protection
Contract Job Locations in the West Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Data Protection within the West Midlands region over the 6 months to 17 May 2025. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Birmingham +5 26 £525 +13.21% 6
Staffordshire +5 3 £538 +80.37% 5
Coventry +7 2 - - 2
Warwickshire -5 2 - - 8
Worcestershire +1 1 - - 2
Shropshire -2 1 £500 +92.31% 6
Data Protection
England

Data Protection
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the West Midlands by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 3 (8.11%) SharePoint
2 2 (5.41%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 2 (5.41%) Spreadsheet
2 1 (2.70%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (2.70%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 1 (2.70%) SAP PM
1 1 (2.70%) SAP S/4HANA
1 1 (2.70%) SAP SD
1 1 (2.70%) Summit
Cloud Services
1 4 (10.81%) Azure
2 3 (8.11%) Microsoft 365
3 2 (5.41%) AWS
4 1 (2.70%) Cloud Computing
4 1 (2.70%) Entra ID
4 1 (2.70%) IaaS
4 1 (2.70%) OneDrive
4 1 (2.70%) PaaS
4 1 (2.70%) Power Automate
4 1 (2.70%) Power Platform
4 1 (2.70%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 3 (8.11%) Unified Communications
2 2 (5.41%) Cisco Nexus
2 2 (5.41%) LAN
2 2 (5.41%) MPLS
2 2 (5.41%) Network Security
2 2 (5.41%) SD-WAN
2 2 (5.41%) TCP/IP
2 2 (5.41%) VoIP
2 2 (5.41%) WAN
2 2 (5.41%) Wireless
3 1 (2.70%) DHCP
3 1 (2.70%) DNS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (2.70%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 1 (2.70%) JIRA
General
1 17 (45.95%) Social Skills
2 9 (24.32%) Finance
3 7 (18.92%) Analytical Skills
4 5 (13.51%) Banking
5 4 (10.81%) Legal
6 3 (8.11%) Advertising
6 3 (8.11%) Aerospace
7 2 (5.41%) Back Office
7 2 (5.41%) Games
7 2 (5.41%) Organisational Skills
7 2 (5.41%) Pharmaceutical
7 2 (5.41%) Telecoms
8 1 (2.70%) Financial Institution
8 1 (2.70%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 1 (2.70%) Influencing Skills
8 1 (2.70%) Marketing
8 1 (2.70%) Public Sector
8 1 (2.70%) Retail
8 1 (2.70%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 6 (16.22%) Consultant
2 5 (13.51%) Project Manager
3 4 (10.81%) Architect
4 3 (8.11%) Senior
5 2 (5.41%) Designer
5 2 (5.41%) Developer
5 2 (5.41%) Games Designer
5 2 (5.41%) Infrastructure Manager
5 2 (5.41%) Infrastructure Project Manager
5 2 (5.41%) JavaScript Engineer
5 2 (5.41%) Network Architect
5 2 (5.41%) Product Consultant
5 2 (5.41%) Security Engineer
5 2 (5.41%) Senior Infrastructure Manager
5 2 (5.41%) Senior Infrastructure Project Manager
5 2 (5.41%) Senior Manager
5 2 (5.41%) Senior Project Manager
5 2 (5.41%) Support Engineer
5 2 (5.41%) Technical Designer
6 1 (2.70%) Head of Digital
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (5.41%) LDAP
1 2 (5.41%) React
2 1 (2.70%) Next.js
2 1 (2.70%) Play Framework
Miscellaneous
1 28 (75.68%) Data Protection Act
2 4 (10.81%) Data Centre
3 3 (8.11%) Legacy Systems
4 2 (5.41%) Hybrid Cloud
4 2 (5.41%) Mobile Games
4 2 (5.41%) Self-Motivation
4 2 (5.41%) Virtual Reality
5 1 (2.70%) Management Information System
5 1 (2.70%) NHS
5 1 (2.70%) Onboarding
5 1 (2.70%) Replication
5 1 (2.70%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 3 (8.11%) Windows
2 1 (2.70%) Windows 10
2 1 (2.70%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (32.43%) Project Management
2 11 (29.73%) Problem-Solving
3 9 (24.32%) Stakeholder Management
4 8 (21.62%) Agile
5 7 (18.92%) Migration
6 4 (10.81%) Change Management
6 4 (10.81%) Computer Science
6 4 (10.81%) Continuous Improvement
6 4 (10.81%) Cybersecurity
7 3 (8.11%) Programme Management
7 3 (8.11%) Project Delivery
7 3 (8.11%) Risk Management
8 2 (5.41%) API Development
8 2 (5.41%) Cloud Security
8 2 (5.41%) Critical Thinking
8 2 (5.41%) Decision-Making
8 2 (5.41%) Patch Management
8 2 (5.41%) RBAC
8 2 (5.41%) Roadmaps
8 2 (5.41%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 6 (16.22%) Python
2 2 (5.41%) JavaScript
2 2 (5.41%) PHP
2 2 (5.41%) TypeScript
3 1 (2.70%) Perl
3 1 (2.70%) PowerShell
3 1 (2.70%) Rust
3 1 (2.70%) Scala
Qualifications
1 7 (18.92%) Degree
2 4 (10.81%) Computer Science Degree
3 3 (8.11%) CISSP
4 2 (5.41%) BPSS Clearance
4 2 (5.41%) CCIE
4 2 (5.41%) Cisco Certification
4 2 (5.41%) PMI Certification
4 2 (5.41%) PMP
4 2 (5.41%) SC Cleared
4 2 (5.41%) Security Cleared
5 1 (2.70%) CEH
5 1 (2.70%) CISA
5 1 (2.70%) CISM
5 1 (2.70%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
5 1 (2.70%) MCP
5 1 (2.70%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (10.81%) GDPR
2 2 (5.41%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 2 (5.41%) NIST
2 2 (5.41%) PMO
3 1 (2.70%) Actionable Recommendations
3 1 (2.70%) GRC
System Software
1 1 (2.70%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 2 (5.41%) Cisco CUCM
2 1 (2.70%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 5 (13.51%) Microsoft
2 3 (8.11%) Cisco
3 2 (5.41%) Fortinet
3 2 (5.41%) Genesys
3 2 (5.41%) Meraki
3 2 (5.41%) SAP
4 1 (2.70%) Cognizant
4 1 (2.70%) Google
4 1 (2.70%) Juniper
4 1 (2.70%) Salesforce
4 1 (2.70%) SendGrid
4 1 (2.70%) ServiceNow
4 1 (2.70%) Workday